Table-lamp.



G. BENZE. TABLE LAMP. APPLICATION FILE-I) MAR. 27, 1912.

1,034,409. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Fig; 3 Fig- 48 GEORGE BENZE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TABLE-LAMP.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, GEORGE BENzn, residlng at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements 1n Table-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to illuminating devices, and more particularly to candle lamps.

'One of the objects of the invention is to provide anew and improved collapsible candle lamp which is of inexpensive construction, easy to assemble, and when assembled is rigid and durable, although constructed of relatively frail materiaL.

Other objects will be in part obvious and v in part pointed out during the course of the into the construction thereof; Fig. 3 is a viewin elevation of one of the base memhere which carry .the supporting arms for the shade; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing another base member provided with supporting arms; and Fig. 5 is a view in plan ofia blank from which the shade is constructed. 9

Similar reference characters refer to simi- .lar partsthroughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 1 indicates one of the base members which is provided with a plurality of upwardly and outwardly extending arms Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed March-.27, 1912.

2, as shown, each arm being provided with an upwardly and inwardly extending slot 3,;

the purpose ofwhich will be apparent hereinafter. The base member 11s provided at,

its middle portion with a vertically disposed slot 4 which extends substantially midway through the same. 1

5 indicates a base .member similar to that} shown in Fig. 3, which is also provided with I the arms 2 which have similarly formed slots 3 in their upper ends. This base member is. also provided with a slot 6, located lllltlwity Patented Aug. 6, Serial No. 686,612.

between the ends thereof and which tenninates substantially in the middle of the width of the base member.

While members 1 and 5 may be made of any suitable material, I prefer :to use relatively stifi' cardboard in this relation.

Referring to Fig. 2, 7 indicates a plate which is struck out from a single piece of metal and which is provided with upwardly extending bent up ears 8, which form a socket for receiving an illuminating device such, for instance, as a candle. Plate 7 [is also provided with a plurality of radially extending slots 9, the purpose-of which will be apparent hereinafter.

10 denotes a shade which .may .be formed from a. blank such as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing, and referring to the latter figure, it will be noted that the 'blankcomprises four side pieces, 11, 12', 13 and 14,

adapted to be folded along weakened lines I 15, so that the flap 16, which is joined-to the side piece 11 along a weakened line 11, may be attached to the edge of the side 'piece 14 as by means of cement? The top piece 18, which is joined to the side (piece 12 as by means of a weakened line.18,:may be then bent down and fastened as by meansof cement to the flaps 19, 20 and 21 which are joined by weakened lines respectively to the side pieces 11, 13 and 14. When thls blank has been manipulated in the manner just such as shown at 10. The-blank from which .described,-there will be provided a shade this shade is made is also formed of .rela

tively stiil' card-board, and the' side pieces thereof are preferably cut out,' as shown at 22, so that thin transparent paper orcloth may bedisposed behind the out out portions,"

whereby any design provided upon the transparent p'o'itions will be .illu'minated by the candle or other illuminatingmeans employed in the device. Each of the side pieces 11, 12, 13 and 14 is provided' in its lower edge with a V-shaped slot 23.

Having thus described the constructionof the separate, integral parts which enter into the construction of my improveddevice, the 1 .5

manner of assembling the same into the form shown in Flg. 1,,1s substantially as follows :lhe base members 1 *and 5 are first joined by means of interlocking the slotted portions 4 and 6, in an obvious manner, so that'the walls of the slot -l will e1nbrace the part24 of the member 5, and the walls of the slot will embrace the part 25 one of the slots 9 of the plate 7. The plate 7 will therefore operate to hold the base members in the angular position, in which it is intended they shall remain. T. e shade may then be placed upon the supporting arms 2 with the slots 23 of the side pieces thereof interlocking with the slots 3 formed in the upper ends of the arms 2. At this point it may be noted that it is intended that the normal width of the shade shall beslightly greater than the distance between the obliquely disposed walls of the slots 3, so that the shade can be sprung into said slots, the natural resilience of the material of which the shade is constructed, causing .the side pieces thereof to exert an outward? and upward stress upon the side arms 2. This engagement between the side pieces of the shade and the upperends of the arms 2 operates to hold the members 1 and 5 against relative vertical movement. In other words, the engagement of the shade 10 with the four supporting arms is of a locking nature which aids in the maintenance of the device in assembled condition.

The engagement between the slots 23 and the slots 3, as will be seen by referring to Fig. 1, also operates to prevent any relative lateral movement of the upper ends of the supporting arms 2. if

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a device which is of exceedingly simple construction, and yet which may be quickly. assembled, there being no necessity for the'e'xercise of skill in the, assembling operation.

As numerous changes may be made in the precisefdetails of constructions hereof, without dearting from the scoper of this inven- ""tion,'itis intended that all matter contained ed as illustrative" only,

in the above description, or shown in the accompanying draw ngs, shall be interpretand that the language ured in" the, following claims shall cover an ofthe generic and specific. features of the inventionl I Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire @to secure by Letters Patent is: *f i 1 1. In a device of the class dtscribed, a base, comprising a pair of slotted" members, fitted together and intersecting eachother at theirmiddle portions, each of said members having a pair of upstanding supporting arms, a plate engagmg said members and holding them in fixed relation, and a shade carried bythe upper ends of said supporting arms detachably interlocking therewith for preventing relative vertical movement and disengagement of said members.

2. In a device of the class described, a base, comprising a'pair of members slotted and fitted together at their middle portions so as tointersect in right angled relation, 4

each of said members being provided with opposed, upwardly and outwardly extending arms, a plate having struck up portions for supporting an illuminating device positioned between said arms and having slots spaced from said struck up portions engaging said arms to hold said members in fixed angular relation, and a shade carried by said arms and detachably interlocking with the upper ends thereof for holding said members againstrelative vertical movement.

3. In a device of the class described, a base, comprising a pair of members slotted and, fitted together at their middleportions so as to intersect in right'angled relation, each of said members being provided with opposed upwardly and outwardly extending arms, a plate having means for supporting an illuminating device rest ng upon said members and positioned between said arms and having slots engaging said arms to hold said members in fixed angular relation, said.

to be disposed in angular relation, a plate resting upon said base members and having slots for receiving the lower inner ends of said arms to hold said base members in fixed angular relation, said plate being provided with means for supporting an illuminating device, the upper ends of said arms being provided with inwardly and upwardly extending slots, and a shade sprung in between said armsand engaging said slots.

In a device of the class described,a pair of base members having upstanding arms, said base members being slotted and interlocked at their middle portions so as to bedisposed in angular relation, a plate resting upon said base members and having slots for receivingthe lower inner ends of said arms to hold said base members in fixed angular relation, said plate being provided with means for supporting an illuminating device, the upper ends of said arms being provided with inwardly and upwardly extending slots, and a shade having resilient side walls sprung in between the,upper ends of said supporting arms and engaging said slots.

6. In a device of the class'described, a pair provided with inwardly and upwardly exof base members having upstanding arm's, tending slots, and a shade having slotted said base members being slotted and interside walls the slots of which interlock with locked at their middle portions so as to be the slots of said supporting arms. 15

- 5 disposed in angular relation, a plate rest- In testimony whereof I aifix my signature ing upon said base members and having .in the presence of two witnesses, slots for recelvlng the lower lnner ends of said arms to hold said base members in fixed GEORGE BENZE' angular relation, said plate being provided Witnesses: p 10 with means for supporting an illuminating NATHALIE THoMPsoN,

device, the upper ends of said arms being oiELsm Wn'iss. 

